I have been reading the books and honestly, I absolutely love the characters and the story. There's nothing different or revolutionary in it. Just simple life and human emotions coming to life. What I really loved about it is the use of beautiful language to describe common, mundane events in life. I have learnt about so many flowers reading the Anne series. I have started appreciating the simpler things in life such as the weather, the flowers and trees around me, people in my life and everything else that comes between. I have also become a lot more observant because reading this book taught me that we don't have to wait for grand things to happen to us in order to enjoy and appreciate life. Life is already filled with joy and love if we choose to look at it that way.

And how could I forget the lovely Anne and the wonderful and caring Gilbert. Excellent people with skills and personalities that complement one another. It is such a joy to read their story blossoming throughout the series.

The books also taught me about growing up and evolving over time, how Anne starts off as a naughty and bubbly young girl and gets transformed into a lovely and demure lady.

It is truly such an exciting way to learn about life and the people around us. I love LM Montgomery's writing and I loved the Anne series very much❤️

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Have you ever read a book with so many beautiful lines, lines that could have belonged to a poem (the way they build unique and memorable images and evoke sensory details)?

Here is a line from a book I'm reading, East of Eden. The author, Steinbeck, is very good with descriptions and some of his writing and use of sensory details is so good that it really could be lines in a poem.

Here is one example from East of Eden:

A flight of sparrows dropped into the dust and scrabbled for bits of food and then flew off like a gray scarf twisting in the light.

Another passage:

These [i.e. splashes of California poppies] too are of a burning color—not orange, not gold, but if pure gold were liquid and could raise a cream, that golden cream might be like the color of the poppies.

I quite enjoy reading lines like these that make me really visualize a scene in a unique way. Have you had similar experiences with other writers or books?

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For Rare Book Librarians, It’s Gloves Off. Seriously: When handling rare books, experts say that bare, just-cleaned hands are best. Why won’t the public believe them?

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Octavia Butler is scary prescient

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